Permanent Eyeliner · Madison · Huntsville

More and more people are discovering the advantages of using permanent eyeliner. It enhances your appearance, saves valuable time, and most of all, it will never smear or rub off your skin! Eyeliner is the easiest way to enhance the beauty of the eyes. It will only take a few minutes to assess your eye shape and discuss your width and color preference. Whether you want liner on just the top or both the top and bottom is entirely up to you. A top of the line topical anesthetic is used to reduce any discomort, if any. We will only proceed once the shape and color is approved by both the technician as well as the client.

How is permanent eyeliner done?

Your technician, Christy at EyelashYou, is your makeup artist and will first consult with you to get to know your lifestyle, personality and find out what you want in your permanent eyeliner look. She’ll advise you on all the options, from color to shape and thickness. You’ll discuss where you’d like your color – on your upper and/or lower eyelid.

Once your consultation is complete the process for installing permanent eyeliner begins where you’ll be numbed with topical anesthesia cream to minimize any discomfort. Christy will use a micropigmentation tool to carefully infuse eyeliner pigments into your skin. Because the pigment only goes into the dermal layer of your skin, eyeliner will fade in 1-3 years (it is not a permanent eyeliner tattoo). This is perfect because facial shapes and eyeliner style trends change!

There’s no downtime after your 1-2 hour procedure, and you’ll immediately get to enjoy the benefits of having permanent eyeliner makeup that never smears or rubs off even through watery eyes, perspiration, sleep and the weather! At first, the eyeliner may appear overly dark but the intensity of the coloring will fade over time to look more natural. After healing and touch-ups, nearly all patients are delighted with their results.

Permanent Eyeliner is Right for You if:

• You have difficulty applying eye liner because of poor sight or unsteady hands.
• You are allergic to regular eye makeup causing eyes to water or itch. We only use pigments that are hypo-allergenic.
• You have thin or non existent lashes.
• You have trouble finding eyeliner that won’t smudge throughout the day or stay in place till the end of the night.
• You want to look years younger

How Permanent is Permanent Eyeliner?

With a touch-up, it will typically last between one and three years.

Is Permanent Eyeliner Right for Me?

Eyeliner and other permanent makeup is an extremely safe and effective approach when performed by seasoned aesthetic professionals like Christy Thompson. Even so, no cosmetic procedure is for absolutely everyone. Clients should be over 18 years of age and it’s very important to let us know if you have any health concerns that might be an issue in respect to having pigment injected into your skin. A consultation is needed to ultimately determine if you're a candidate for permanent eyeliner.

What is the aftercare permanent eyeliner?

Proper care following your procedure is important and required to achieve optimum results. Keep in mind that some intensity of color will be lost, and /or the color may heal unevenly. This is normal for some procedures, especially after the initial application. This is the reason for the follow up appointment, to fill in any light areas, to go a little darker or thicker if desired, and to adjust shape or color if needed. Please read and follow the directions provided.

1. Wash your hands before touching any treated area.
2. Cool packs (not frozen) may be used to help reduce swelling. Dampen paper towels or cotton pads with filtered/bottled water and place in the fridge for 30 minutes....10minutes on and 10 minutes off. Cooling the area is most beneficial the first 24 hours. Sleeping slightly elevated may also help in the reduction of swelling.
3. Blotting your procedure. We have created a wound and all wounds weep body fluids (some will weep more and for a longer period than others). Blotting off these fluids and excess pigment is critical to a good result and optimum color retention. If these fluids are allowed remain on the tattooed area and accumulate, you will get heavier scabbing. Heavy scabbing can pull out the pigment which will result in light spots and unevenness of color. Dampen a paper towel with bottle or filtered water...may use sterile water or sterile eyewash as well. Blot your new procedure every 15 minutes upon leaving the EyelashYou Studio. Continue until weeping has subsided. The following three days please blot the area periodically throughout the day. If you have eyebrow hair please make sure you are getting beyond the hair and actually blotting the tattooed skin. Same instructions for eyeliners. This can be a tender area to blot but it is important that you do. Lips...keep them in their natural position while blotting.
4. Washing your procedure. Use a mild cleanser on and around the procedure area. DO NOT use any cleansing products containing acids (glycolic, lactic, or AHA), or any exfoliates. Dial Soap, Cataphyll, and Neutrogena are good choices. Use a very light touch cleansing your procedure twice a day. Make sure you rinse off all cleanser. Pat dry. Wait 15 minutes before applying ointment after getting the procedure wet. Never put ointment on a wet or damp tattoo. Showering- Do not take an exceptionally hot shower and keep bathroom doors open as to NOT cause a steam effect. Keep your face/procedure  out of the water while you do your other shower “stuff” first. At the very end of your shower wash your  hair and rinse back away from your face. Wash your face either avoiding procedure area or over procedure area with a very light touch. Do not let the shower spray hit you directly in the face. So your face/procedure will only be getting wet at the very last end of the shower.
5. Ointment. ONLY USE THE OINTMENT I PROVIDE FOR YOU ...NOTHING ELSE!!! Lip procedures, you may start using your ointment immediately following the procedure and continue for 7-14 days, apply several times a day. Eyeliner, no ointment for the first 48-72 hours, after which you apply a very light coat of ointment once in the morning and once in the evening for the following 2 to 3 days. Eyes are very sensitive to ointment so use sparingly. Try to keep the ointment contained to the eyeliner above and below the lashes, not in the eye itself. If you feel any discomfort IN the eye itself, this is not normal and you should immediately see an eye doctor and contact me as well. Although it is important to use ointment, using it excessively can starve the skin of air and can result in pigment loss during the healing period. So, use but use sparingly, just enough to moisten. ALLERGIC REACTION IS EXTREMELY RARE BUT POSSIBLE. IF YOU NOTICE ANY BUMPS OR RASH OR THINK YOU MAY BE HAVING A REACTION...STOP USING OINTMENT IMMEDIATELY, CLEANSE AREA AND CALL THE STUDIO.
6. Absolutely NO pet grooming, gardening, dusting, or anything that causes dust, dirt and dander for a minimum of 72 hours. Waiting 5 full days is best. Wearing glasses outdoors is a good way to protect healing eyeliner. NO EXERCISING FOR 10 DAYS...NO EXCEPTIONS. DO NOT DO ANY ACTIVITY THAT CAUSES SWEAT IN THE AREA OF THE PROCEDURE OR YOUR FACE TO HEAT UP AND TURN RED. ABSOLUTELY NO LAKE ACTIVITIES. DO NOT GO TO THE LAKE OR BEACH. NO HORSEBACK RIDING, NO CAMPING OR RIDING ATVS. NO NOTHING OF THIS SORT. DON’T’ DO IT! STAY OUT OF THE SUN! KEEP IT PROTECTED AND KEEP IT CLEAN! TLC FOR YOUR NEW PROCEDURE.
7. During your healing process DO NOT expose your new procedures to chemicals, hot tubs, saunas, direct shower spray, hot water, salt water, chlorinated pools, lakes, or ponds. Direct sun exposure and tanning beds should be avoided indefinitely....both are counter- productive to the cosmetic procedure.
8. Absolutely NO topical makeup on the healing procedure(s) for a minimum of 5 days. Topical makeup is bacterial and your new procedures(s) need adequate time to heal to avoid irritation and/or infection. You may apply your makeup around the new procedure area but avoid applying ON the healing areas. After any eyeliner procedure, please use a new mascara. DO NOT USE an eyelash curler for 2 weeks. This instrument pulls the eyelashes and the tissue containing the eyeliner pigment that surrounds the lashes. You must allow the eyeliner to heal before stressing the tissue in this area. No contact lenses for 5 full days. No tweezing or waxing the eyebrows for 10 full days. NO FACIAL, PEELS OR ANY OF THAT FACE STUFF FOR TWO FULL WEEKS!
9. Some tenderness, puffiness (even bruising), redness, and itching is quite normal for the tattoo healing process. DO NOT PICK, PEEL, OR SCRATCH the treated area as this could result in your color healing uneven, as well as the risk of scarring and infection.
10. Lastly....relax. Don’t worry about a thing. It’s just a tattoo that will lighten, soften and heal in a matter of days. Do exactly as I have advised you to do OR not to do and all heals well. Complications are extremely rare.

Eyeliner Healing Agenda

Day 1
You will have anywhere from slight to heavy swelling. This depends on the amount of histamines in each client’s body. You may have bruising. You may appear as though you have been crying or have allergies. The eyeliner will appear thicker and darker than what it will heal up to be. No contact lenses for 5 days. No Visine.

Day 2
The morning of day 2 is most likely when the swelling will peak. Plan to use your cool packs! The darker and thicker appearance lingers, and the area will feel tight and tender.

Day 3-4
Less swelling. The eye tissue still feels tight and somewhat drawn. The peeling process begins. Start ointment in 48-72 hours. Some feeling of pinching and itching is quite normal, the ointment will help relieve this feeling.

Day 5-7
Dark outer color continues to flake off and you will see a softer, thinner eyeliner. Color may look grayish or ashy until the color clarifies. You can go back to wearing your contact lenses at day 5.

Note. Again...please wait 8 weeks before applying eyelashes or eyelash extensions, as well as using Latisse or any other like products. Latisse and other like products have been documented to lighten the tattooed color on some occasions.


If you want to learn more about permanent eyeliner with Christy at EyelashYou, visit our contact page to reach out via phone at 256.998.4908.